Creator:
DuBois, J. Harry (John Harry), 1903-
Inclusive Dates:
1940- 1993
Abstract:
Collection consists of the personal and
professional papers of J. Harry DuBois, covering his long career in the plastics industry. It includes
scrapbooks and photograph albums of his family and world-wide travel for business, photographs and
slides, and audio and film reels.
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Düsseldorf (Germany)
Marshalltown (Iowa)
Businessmen.
Industrialists.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Bakelite -- History.
Industrialization -- India.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
Hill, Jack E.
Inclusive Dates:
1967- 1974
Abstract:
Correspondence, technical reports, biographical material of the American plastics engineer
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Articles of incorporation.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Technical reports.
Subject:
Engineers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Blow molding.
Plastic toys.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Marketing.
Plastics -- Molding.
Plastics industry and trade.
Thermoforming.
Creator:
Milgrom, Jack.
Inclusive Dates:
1958- 2005
Abstract:
Collection consists largely of published material
and reports collected and written by Jack Milgrom on the subjects of plastics in general, and specifically
on the use of plastics in packaging and the recycling of plastics, as well as utility scrap and recycling in the auto
industry.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Publications.
Reports.
Scrapbooks.
Technical reports.
Subject:
Researchers.
Consultants.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Beverage containers.
Conservation of natural resources.
Container industry.
Food -- Packaging.
Packaging.
Plastics in packaging.
Plastics industry and trade.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Recycling industry.
Biodegradable plastics.
Creator:
Halkett, James A. E.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Artifacts and a few papers related to plastics engineer James A. E. Halkett.
Type of Material:
Artifacts.
Subject:
Chemical engineers.
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
Cruse, Jen.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Collection of plastic hair combs
Type of Material:
Combs (hair ornaments)
Subject:
Plastics
Hair ornaments.
Combs -- History.
Creator:
Kretzschmar, John.
Inclusive Dates:
2006- 2018
Abstract:
Clippings, correspondence, printed material relating to American engineer and to plastics generally.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Journals (periodicals)
Newsletters.
Research notes.
Subject:
Engineers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Engineers -- United States.
Plastics -- Societies, etc.
Plastics industry and trade -- Great Britain.
Plastics industry and trade -- United States.
Polyethylene -- History.
Creator:
DeBell, John M.
Inclusive Dates:
1924- 1986
Abstract:
Professional papers related to the
career of Plastics Hall of Fame member John M. DeBell; including biographical material
and memorabilia, correspondence, company records,technical reports, and other materials
related to DeBell's work for the U.S. military and DeBell and Richardson.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Technical reports.
Subject:
Engineers.
Inventors.
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade -- Technological innovations.
Plastics industry and trade -- United States -- History.
Injection molding of plastics.
Creator:
Morgan, John.
Inclusive Dates:
1900- 1945
Abstract:
Collection of casein plastic
artifacts
Type of Material:
Artifacts (object genre)
Casein plastic.
Subject:
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastic jewelry.
Creator:
Hyatt, John W. (John Wesley), 1837-1920.
Inclusive Dates:
1869- 1945
Abstract:
Collection consists of the Executive
Committee Meeting Minutes of the Celluloid Company, 1890 to 1905, two bound volumes of
patents obtained by John Wesley Hyatt, including one for the first celluloid billiard
ball and several other patents for billiard ball coatings and knife-handles; a booklet
on Hyatt's acceptance of the Perkin Medal, 1914; six photographic
portraits; and a relief sculpture of the John Wesley Hyatt commemorative award.
Type of Material:
Minutes (administrative records)
Patents.
Programs (documents)
Photographs.
Subject:
Manufacturers.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Celluloid.
Billiards -- Equipment and supplies.
Patents.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
McDonald, Joseph.
Inclusive Dates:
1930- 1989
Abstract:
Collection contains copies of patents
for plastic food and beverage containers collected by Joseph McDonald from 1951 to 1989,
in the course of his work for Sweetheart Plastics, Inc. and a selection of technical
offprints and reports.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Notes (documents)
Reports.
Patents.
Subject:
Engineers.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Patents.
Beverage containers.
Food containers.
Plastic containers.
Plastics -- Extrusion.
Plastics in packaging.
Styrene.
Thermoplastics.
Plastics machinery.